Columbus St. Francis DeSales’ Ben Reither swims a heat of the 100-yard butterfly during the Central Catholic League Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday, Jan. 28, at Columbus St. Charles Preparatory School. Photo courtesy John Hulkenberg
DeSales’ Kaitlyn Schaefer warms up before the start of the girls CCL swim meet at St. Charles. Photo courtesy John Hulkenberg)Ayden Fortney celebrates St. Charles’ 400-yard free relay win during the CCL swim meet at St. Charles. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergSean Foley of St. Charles prepares for his leg of the 400-yard free relay during the CCL swim meet at St. Charles. Photo courtesy John Hulkenberg)Danny Richardson of St. Charles swims a heat of the 100-yard breaststroke during the CCL meet at St. Charles. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergJack Keller of St. Charles swims a heat of the 100-yard breaststroke during the CCL meet at St. Charles. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergJaime Rodriguez of DeSales swims a heat of the 100-yard breaststroke during the CCL meet at St. Charles. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergDeSales’ Sarah Neighbor swims a heat of the 200-yard freestyle during the CCL meet. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergSt. Charles swim coach Kyle Goodrich (left) and official Jon Reidler chat during the CCL meet. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergSupporters turn out for the CCL swim meet at St. Charles. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergSt. Charles was the site for the Central Catholic League swim meet on Jan. 28. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergCompetitors warm up during the CCL swim meet at St. Charles. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergKamara Meeks of Hartley swims the 100-yard freestyle during the CCL meet. Photo courtesy John Hulkenberg)Tanishka Prabhu of Watterson swims a heat of the 100-yard freestyle during the CCL swim meet. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergHartley’s Chloe Albrecht eyes the scoreboard following a heat of the 100-yard butterfly during the CCL meet. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergDaryl Albrecht cheers for daughter Chloe Albrecht of Hartley during a heat of the 100-yard freestyle. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergEmma McCoy of Ready swims a heat of the 50-yard freestyle. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergBridget Hayes of Watterson swims the 200-yard individual medley. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergSkylar Richards of Hartley holds a lap sign during the 500-yard freestyle. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergMaya Keane of Hartley focuses for the start of the 100-yard freestyle. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergJocie Miller of Watterson prepares to start a heat of the 100-yard freestyle. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergDeSales’ Lydia Letzelter holds a lap sign during the 500-yard freestyle. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergLarkin Hatton of DeSales begins a heat of the 500-yard freestyle. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergHartley’s Madison Hewitt swims a heat of the 50-yard free. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergLuke DeFrancisco of DeSales swims a heat of the 200-yard IM. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergSt. Charles’ Greyson Jordan swims a heat of the 200-yard free. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergDeSales’ Phu Bui swims a heat of the 100-yard breaststroke. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergHartley coach Tony Phillips (right) and assistant Bruce Kotlinski watch the action. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergTommy Woodruff of DeSales swims the 500-yard free. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergWatterson’s Julian Cherok swims a heat of the 100-yard free. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergHartley’s Matthew Sheridan swims a heat of the 100-yard free. Photo courtesy John HulkenbergWatterson’s Cody Law swims a heat of the 100-yard free. Photo courtesy John Hulkenberg
Columbus St. Charles Preparatory School and Columbus Bishop Hartley claimed the boys and girls team titles, respectively, in the Central Catholic League Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday, Jan. 28 at St. Charles.
St. Charles finished with 485 points in the boys competition to outdistance second-place Columbus St. Francis DeSales, which totaled 218 points. Columbus Bishop Watterson (142) followed in third, Bishop Hartley (105) in fourth and Columbus Bishop Ready (1) in fifth.
On the girls side, Bishop Watterson was the runner-up with 314 points, followed by DeSales (282) and Ready (2).
St. Charles swimmers won all eight individual races and the three relay events in boys competition. Hartley and Watterson finished first in three individual events each.
DeSales’ Lydia Letzelter and Watterson's Grace Rider each won two girls events. Letzelter finished first in the 200-yard freestyle in two minutes, 6.5 seconds and the 100-yard butterfly in 1:04.91 and Rider touched the wall first in the 100 freestyle in 56.37 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.78. Rider also swam the anchor leg on the Eagles’ winning 400 freestyle relay team and was part of the first-place 200 medley relay quartet.
Other individual winners in girls events were Hartley’s Skylar Richards (200 individual medley, 2:25,23), Hartley's Grace Goodwin (50 freestyle, 26.07), Watterson's Teagan Price (500 freestyle, 5:57.73) and Hartley's Ava Dyer (100 backstroke, 1:03.98). Richards and Goodwin swam leadoff and anchor legs, respectively, for the Hawks’ winning 200 freestyle relay team.
St. Charles’ Austin Carpenter was the lone double winner in boys races, taking the 200 individual medley in 2:00.31 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:01.01.
Other St. Charles individual champions were Brad King (200 freestyle, 1:50.75), Jack Keller (50 freestyle, 22.8), Cole Montgomery (100 butterfly, 57.49), Ayden Fortney (100 freestyle, 51.32), Brogan Rogers (500 freestyle, 5:28.99) and Wyatt Julian (100 backstroke, 54.88).
Watterson's Olive O’Dorisio was the only competitor in 1-meter diving. She scored 401.20 points.
